Kasselâ€“Warburg railway

The railway Kassel- Warburg is a railway line that connects Kassel in Northern Hesse with Warburg in eastern Westphalia.

As part of the mid - Germany connection called east-west route, it is used by trains of long-distance, regional and freight.

A section of the route between Kassel and Vellmar - Obervellmar is also called Harleshäuser curve.

History

The track was ( FWNG ) was built as Carl train from Kassel to Bad Karlshafen originally from the Friedrich- Wilhelms- North Railroad Company. The capital should be connected to the ports on the left bank of the Weser, who was one of the northernmost points in the core area of the Electorate of Hesse.

The first section of Grebestein about Hümme Karl port (left bank ) was completed on 30 March 1848. Only a few months later, on August 29, 1848, followed the stretch between Kassel and Grebestein.

Soon after the completion won rail transport in importance over the navigation, therefore the Friedrich- Wilhelms- North Railroad Company built starting from Hofgeismar - Hümme station a new route towards Warburg in Westphalia, under an agreement between the Electorate of Hesse and Prussia. The small border town Haueda was reached on March 6, 1849. Since the originally ordered with the Westphalian Cologne- Minden- Thuringian Link Railway Company had gone temporarily insolvent, it was not until February 6, 1851 to the Royal Westphalian Railway Company the section between Warburg and the border of their railway Hamm- Warburg had completed. The actual reason for the delay of the link was on the viaduct at Warburg. Because as of 1848 it was considered necessary to the viaduct over the Diemel at Warburg to restore specifically for the railway. The mostly foreign shareholders of the railway company at that time were not ready to bring additional capital for the restoration, especially in this time, the value of many shares had fallen by industrial companies. The Commerce Department decided to establish a sum available, so that the construction work could be carried out on the viaduct. In February 1851 drove for the first time a locomotive over the viaduct, second months later, the path of the operation was handed over to the viaduct.

The railway also had a strategic importance as the railway connection from Berlin via the territory of the Kingdom of Hanover to 1866 - Wood Minden went to the West Prussian provinces and depended on the political relations between Berlin and Hanover. The train connection from Berlin to Kassel to Thuringia and Warburg increased the independence of Hanover and secured as an alternative route to the exchange of goods and passengers between Berlin and the western provinces of.

Current situation

The track is classified as a railway main line, continuously expanded to double track and electrified with catenary since 11 December 1970. It is one of the highest track class D4, which means the permissible axle load is 22.5 t and the linear load is 8.0 t / m.

The entire route is equipped with point-like train control ( PZB 90) and between Warburg and Vellmar - Obervellmar at a speed monitoring tilting technology ( ZUB 262).